Ray Searage (Kerrigan’s assistant) and Jeff Banister (minor league field coordinator) will replace them, for now.

This kind of comes out of nowhere on a Sunday morning after a brilliant win, but a lot of people were actually starting to call for Kerrigan’s head after all that initial praise he got when he started out here. Think about it – what Pirates pitcher has improved under Kerrigan? Plenty have regressed, that’s for sure.

As for Varsho, I really have no idea. We didn’t hear much about him or how significant of a role he played as a bench coach, but as far as I could remember he was well known as an extremely likable and smart guy.

Rogers was just called up yesterday to make this start since Aaron Cook went on the DL. He’s bounced back and forth between AAA and MLB this year. Maholm needs to get back on track – he’s really struggling after a solid first half. The Rockies pounded him two starts ago, so he’ll need to be on his game today.